Adrianne Fletcher named Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence
October 24, 2023Dear Members of the ϳԹ Community, Please join me in welcoming Adrianne M. Crawford Fletcher, PhD, to ϳԹ School of Medicine as the Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence. As a vital member of the senior leadership team at the School of Medicine, her guidance will be crucial in advancing the goals…Celebrating Physician Assistant Week
October 12, 2023The American Academy of Physician Assistants celebrates Physician Assistants (PA) during National PA Week, held October 6–12 each year, to recognize the contributions of PAs in providing quality patient care. At the School of Medicine, we are proud to celebrate our PA students, faculty, staff and alumni for their significant impact in…Student Spotlight: Trenley Anderson
October 10, 2023Class Year: 2024 Program Major: Doctor of Medicine Witnessing a physician make insensitive comments about a patient during rounds last year initially offended fourth-year medical student Trenley Anderson. But then, it motivated them to take action. The incident ignited a passion in Anderson to change the status quo of patient-physician…ϳԹ School of Medicine professors Timothy Chan, Kim Anderson-Erisman elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 9, 2023Two ϳԹ School of Medicine professors have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s most esteemed societies for health and medicine. NAM membership “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.” Elected were…ϳԹ and University Hospitals researchers awarded five-year, $11.2 million federal grant to study esophagus cancers
October 4, 2023With a new five-year, $11.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), researchers at ϳԹ and University Hospitals hope to learn what causes—and how to reduce and treat—esophagus cancers, an increasingly common and deadly disease.A vision for rare cancer research: $5 million commitment launches CURE, a rare cancer initiative, at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
September 29, 2023As National Rare Cancer Day nears (Sept. 30), Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research announces major gift to spur cross-country collaboration Rare cancers are those that affect fewer than 15 of 100,000 people each year. But there are more than 200 types of rare cancer that comprise one-quarter of all cancers diagnosed in the U.S. While…School of Medicine: first in the nation to use Epic's new EHR technology
September 28, 2023ϳԹ collaborates with Epic on new Lyceum platform to introduce medical students to electronic health records Becomes first medical school to use the technology The ϳԹ School of Medicine is the first medical school to use Epic’s new Lyceum platform, which aims to provide first-year medical…Tackling a pandemic: Meet the MD/PhD student who helped create the first COVID-19 vaccines
September 26, 2023When Olubukola Abiona began a four-year postbaccalaureate fellowship at the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center in 2017, she knew she’d gain valuable experience—but had no idea just how impactful her efforts would be. Not long later, those impacts became clear: Her team’s research took center stage worldwide as the…American Society of Clinical Oncology selects third-year medical student to present on financial toxicity at upcoming symposium
September 21, 2023Third-year ϳԹ medical student Victoria Wu knows a thing or two about economics. She earned her undergraduate degree from University of Pennsylvania in the subject, and is using that expertise to study financial toxicity and how it affects lymphoma patients. It’s research she will soon present at the American Society of…Researchers at ϳԹ, University Hospitals to assess effectiveness of novel MRI method for breast cancer patients
September 19, 2023Awarded five-year, $3.05 million grant from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer InstituteMt. Sinai Health Foundation awards medical school $2 million to accelerate new treatments for devastating diseases
September 12, 2023Fellows program to attract leading researchers to collaborate with university and hospital colleagues to develop promising solutions—and get them to patients After helping to launch the careers of 30 medical school researchers, the Mt. Sinai Health Foundation is partnering again with ϳԹ—this time to…Internationally recognized researcher Fabio Cominelli named a Distinguished University Professor
September 7, 2023Fabio Cominelli’s contributions to groundbreaking research on gastrointestinal conditions, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, has helped alleviate pain and complications for tens of millions of people worldwide living with these disorders. At ϳԹ School of Medicine, the internationally recognized…Note from Stan: Welcome to the Fall Semester
September 6, 2023Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the School of Medicine, The university is kicking off the fall semester by sponsoring Innovation Week, a week-long series of lectures, workshops and events highlighting innovation at ϳԹ—what an exciting way to start the fall semester.ϳԹ biochemists focus on degrading key cancer-driving protein; represents major shift in research
September 5, 2023ϳԹ biochemical researchers have identified a new function of a key protein that leads to cancer—a finding they believe could lead to more effective treatments for a range of cancers and other diseases. The protein is LSD1 (lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A), which functions as a type of traffic cop inside human…Medical student earns Alpha Omega Alpha research fellowship
August 23, 2023Third-year ϳԹ medical student Archana Murali has earned Alpha Omega Alpha’s 2023 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship for her work studying intraocular pressure reduction pathways and the potential treatment for glaucoma using a specific prostaglandin analog. The national medical honor society awards the $5,…